State size comparison

compared to

Alaska is about 14 times bigger than Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 1,340% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (3.6 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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